Accidental Athlete
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Paulette Jones Morant waxes poetically about being one of the first Black woman scholastic athletes at the University of Virginia.
Directors Spotlight
Kevin Jerome Everson
Director
Kevin Jerome Everson’s practice encompasses photography, sculpture & film. Recipient of the Guggenheim, Alpert Award, Heinz Award, Rome Prize & Berlin Prize & grants from the Ford Foundation & Creative Capital, he is the Commonwealth & Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art & Director of Studio Arts at the University of Virginia.
Claudrena N. Harold
Director
Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia, writer and filmmaker Claudrena N. Harold specializes in African American history, Black cultural politics, and labor history. She is the author of When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras (2020).
- Year: 2023
- Runtime: 7 minutes
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Director: Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold
- Cast: Paulette Jones Morant, Hailey Barnett, Myla Barnett
- Cinematographer: Kevin Jerome Everson
- Editor: Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold
- Producer: Madeleine Molyneaux
- Sound Design: Kim Salak
- Premiere: World
